Don’t know, recognise or remember the songs from the book?
Well, here’s some helpful reminders,
Who knows, you may end up buying your own copy:
TAKE 1
The Young Ones / We Gotta Get Out Of This Place / The Ying Tong Song / At the Hop / Cathy’s Clown / Town without Pity / Ferry Cross The Mersey / Beck’s Bolero
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD
Paint It Black / The Legend of Xanadu / Strawberry Fields / Penny Lane / Daydream Believer
RUDE BOY AWAKENING
Jeepster / Double Barrel
THE MAGICAL RECORD STALL
Little Willy / Blockbuster / Starman / Take Me Bak Ome / Silver Machine / School’s Out
DESSICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION
Jet / This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us / Bohemian Rhapsody
TEENAGE WASTE GROUND
Music / My Best Friend / I Feel Love / Show Me The Way
THE NEW WAVE
Grip / Fan Club / Peaches / Career Opportunities
PICKUP MY GUITAR AND PLAY
Today TV interview / Spiral Scratch EP / Pretty Vacant / London EP / Another Girl, Another Planet
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME
Teenage Kicks / A Bomb in Wardour Street / Public Image
ALL TOMORROW’S SMARTIES
Did You No Wrong / Is She Really Going Out With Him? / Louie Louie / My Generation
GOT A BRAND NEW ROAD IN TOWN
Gangsters
DOWNWARD SPIRAL
A Forest / Atmosphere / Soul Limbo / Lazy Sunday
POST PUNK WORLD
You’re so (physical) / Chant No1 / Is Vic There?
FUCK DANCE, LET’S ART
Ceremony / Ghost town / Broke My Neck / The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash / Blue Monday
IDEAL HOME?
Long Hot Summer / I’m in love with a German film star / Relax / Each And Every One
DON’T GIVE ME NO PRODUCER
Police Officer
FRANK ZAPPA DID EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO DO WITH CLAYMATION
Coca Loca / Northern Lights
NAVIGATING THE STARS
Crash / Johnny B. Goode
THE ENDS
St Lyle Drive / Boogie Wonderland / O! Superman
and now for those all important memory joggers…
TAKE 1
“The Young Ones” Cliff Richard & The Shadows
“We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” The Animals
“The Ying Tong Song” The Goons
“At the Hop” Danny & the Juniors
“Cathy’s Clown” The Everly Brothers
“Town without Pity” Gene Pitney
“Ferry Cross The Mersey” Gerry & The Pacemakers
“Beck’s Bolero” Jeff Beck Group
KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD
“Paint It Black” The Rolling Stones
“The Legend of Xanadu” Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
“Strawberry Fields” The Beatles
“Penny Lane” The Beatles
“Daydream Believer” The Monkees
RUDE BOY AWAKENING
“Jeepster” T-Rex
“Double Barrel” Dave and Ansell Collins
THE MAGICAL RECORD STALL
“Little Willy” Sweet
“Blockbuster” The Sweet
“Starman” David Bowie
“Take Me Bak Ome” Slade
“Silver Machine” Hawkwind
“School’s Out” Alice Cooper
DESSICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION
“Jet” Wings
“This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us” Sparks
“Bohemian Rhapsody” Queen
They say the song that is No.1 on your fourteenth birthday defines your life
TEENAGE WASTE GROUND
“Music” John Miles
“My Best Friend” Queen
“I Feel Love” Donna Summer
“Show Me The Way” Peter Frampton
THE NEW WAVE
“Grip” The Stranglers
Fan Club” The Damned
Fan Club (Live 78)
“Peaches” The Stranglers
Oh shit! There goes the charabanc…
“Career Opportunities” The Clash
PICKUP MY GUITAR AND PLAY
Today TV: Bill Grundy – Sex Pistols interview
“Spiral Scratch EP” The Buzzcocks
(Boredom / Times Up / Breakdown / Friends Of Mine)
London EP
(Friday On My Mind / No Time / Siouxsie Sioux / Summer Of Love)
“Another Girl, Another Planet” The Only Ones
CHERCHEZ LA FEMME
The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” EP
(Teenage Kicks / Smarter than U / True Confessions / Emergency Cases)
“A Bomb in Wardour Street” The Jam
“Public Image” PiL
ALL TOMORROW’S SMARTIES
“Did You No Wrong” Sex Pistols
“Is She Really Going Out With Him?” Joe Jackson
“Louie Louie” The Kinks
“My Generation” The Who
GOT A BRAND NEW ROAD IN TOWN
“Gangsters” Special AKA
DOWNWARD SPIRAL
“A Forest” The Cure
I was in a forest and I couldn’t see the wood for the trees.
“Atmosphere” Joy Division
“Soul Limbo” Booker T & The MGs
“Lazy Sunday” The Small Faces
POST PUNK WORLD
“You’re so (physical)” Adam & The Ants
“Chant No1” Spandau Ballet
“Is Vic There?” Department S
FUCK DANCE, LET’S ART
“Ceremony” New Order
“Ghost town” The Specials
Bands won’t play no more.
“Broke My Neck” Echo and the Bunnymen
The ‘B’-side of a 12”, recorded in one take in Iceland. Bleak, angry, icy and definitely a song from another world.
“The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash” Grandmaster Flash
“Blue Monday” New Order
This live performance actually saw the single drop in the charts the following week
IDEAL HOME?
“Long Hot Summer” The Style Council
“I’m in love with a German film star” The Passions
“Relax” Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie Say: Why not?
“Each And Every One” Everything But The Girl
Every bedsit should have a copy. Make that two.
DON’T GIVE ME NO PRODUCER
“Police Officer” Smiley Culture
FRANK ZAPPA DID EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO DO WITH CLAYMATION
“Coco Loca” Richie
Link Broken. Plays “Satellite” Transcendental Love Machine
“Northern Lights” Renaissance
“Crash” The Primitives
“Johnny B. Goode” Chuck Berry
THE ENDS
“Boogie Wonderland” EWF
“O! Superman” Laurie Anderson
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